Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
Centuries of Time: A Private Collection
A gold and enamel pair cased watch made for the Ottoman market Circa 1780, no. 13618
Auction Closed
May 14, 02:23 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 CHF
Lot Details
Description
George Prior, London
A gold and enamel pair cased watch made for the Ottoman market
Circa 1780, no. 13618
• Movement: gilded full plate, verge escapement, decoratively pierced and engraved balance cock, brass regulation plate, fusee and chain, crested pillars, signed and numbered George Prior, London, 13618
• Dial: white enamel, Turkish numerals, paste-set half hour divisions, outer minute ring, lacking hands, signed George Prior, London
• Case: plain gold inner, aperture for winding to back, incuse maker's mark ASG and numbered 13618 • gold outer case, back with restored translucent blue guilloché enamel with applied paste-set floral spray, bezels decoratively engraved and heightened with stylized flowers of restored opaque white and translucent blue enamel
diameter 42mm